History VideoGame / Ready2RumbleBoxing

The game was notorious for its "Rumble Meter" system, which, when taunting your opponent(only in the second game. Taunting in the first game did nothing.) or landing a heavy hit, gave you letters to let you initiate a SuperMode for the boxer of your choosing. It also featured famous ring announcer Michael Buffer to introduce the characters and say his well-known phrase "Let's get ready to rumble!" Finally, it had an in-depth Championship Mode in which you trained your boxer, competed in prize fights, and eventually earned your title.

''Ready 2 Rumble'' is a series of cartoony arcade boxing games released in 1999, starting with ''Ready 2 Rumble Boxing'' in 1999. Developed by the now defunct Point of View Inc. (except for ''Ready 2 Rumble: Revolution'', which was developed by AKI Corporation USA) and published by [[Creator/MidwayGames Midway]], the game was incredibly popular for the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast console, even though it wasn't an exclusive.

* BadassBaritone: Several characters in the series apply (''especially'' Damien Black), but special mention goes to Music/MichaelJackson. [[VocalDissonance Turns out his voice can go quite deep]].

* AscendedFanboy: Music/MichaelJackson, having been a fan of the original game.

* StatuesqueStunner and AmazonianBeauty: Selene Strike. 6'3", [[BuxomIsBetter well-endowed]], and can go a full 12 rounds with all the ranked male heavyweights in the games.

* TheVoiceless: Kemo Claw from the original and Freak E. Deke in the sequel. They grunt, and make other unintelligible noises, but never speak.

** Likewise, G.C. Thunder is an [[UpToEleven overly flamboyant]] version of Prince (the ''actual'' Prince was supposedly offered to be included in the game as a rival to Michael Jackson, but he declined).

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The third game in a nutshell. While the first two had many expies, as shown above, they weren't as overtly blatant (save for [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Rumbleman]]).

** Rumbleman is an obvious parody of [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk The Hulk]].

* HolidayMode: The Dreamcast and PS2 versions of ''Round 2'' had holiday-themed decorations accessible via cheat codes, and some characters also gained holiday-themed costumes if the internal clock is set to a certain date. These came in all flavors: New Year's, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's, Easter[[note]]April 23, which was the day Easter fell in in 2000[[/note]], Independence, Halloween, Thanksgiving[[note]]The only one not to have any costumes associated, so there's no clock cheat for it[[/note]] and Christmas.

* ShowsDamage: As the fight goes on, the contenders' faces get covered with bruises.

* IShallTauntYou: An important part of gameplay, as it helps fill your Rumble meter.

** This was [[RetCon retconned]] in ''Round 2'', as his age is billed as 41 in that game. His age in the first game was probably a joke on the fact that his boxing style is that from early 20th century (the manual even states he wound up in the present through a time-space rift).

** BruceLeeClone: Jet "Iron" Chin, natch. Ironically, while he's a Bruce Lee clone in terms of appearance and making FunnyBruceLeeNoises, his backstory of being a former stunt double for a famous Asian movie star makes him a Creator/JackieChan Expy.

The game was notorious for its "Rumble Meter" system, which, when taunting your opponent or landing a heavy hit, gave you letters to let you initiate a SuperMode for the boxer of your choosing. It also featured famous ring announcer Michael Buffer to introduce the characters and say his well-known phrase "Let's get ready to rumble!" Finally, it had an in-depth Championship Mode in which you trained your boxer, competed in prize fights, and eventually earned your title.

A sequel, ''Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2'', was released in 2000. It was then followed years later with a series reboot named ''Ready 2 Rumble: Revolution'' released in 2009, which removed all of the original characters and replacing them with celebrity parodies.

* TheCameo: ''Round 2'' features several celebrity boxers, including Bill and Hillary Clinton (referred to in-game as [[LawyerFriendlyCameo Mr. President and the First Lady, respectively]]) as well as Shaquille O'Neal and Michael Jackson.

* PutOnABus: Tank Thrasher, "Furious" Faz Motar, Jimmy Blood, Nat Daddy and Damien Black disappear without explanation between games. Claw and Stiletto simply retired for good, considering their roles as mentors, and Bruce Blade was [[BusCrash killed in a match with Butcher Brown]].

* PutOnABus: Tank Thrasher, Faz Motar, Jimmy Blood, Nat Daddy and Damien Black disappear without explanation between games; while Claw and Stiletto had simply retired for good, considering their roles as mentors.

* ScreamingWarrior: Jimmy Blood (a Maori New Zealander) from the original has a taunt and VictoryPose consisting of him screaming really loudly.

* [[AfroAsskicker Afro Boxer]]: [[CaptainObvious Afro Thunder]] and his contemporary Big Wallop.

** Freak E. Deke is a clone of Kemo Claw from the first game, right down the unintelligible grunts and moveset.

* MirrorMatch: The first game always used it's full roster in the arcade and championship modes, so this would always happen at some point. With the exception of the GBA version, ''Round 2'' has a bigger roster, and it's very rare to encounter the same character you're playing as.

* RingOut: Activating your Rumble meter at it's highest level will allow you to uppercut your opponent clean out of the ring, giving you an automatic K.O. victory.

* TookALevelInBadass: Michael Jackson, in-universe. He can deal a lot of damage, and he's one of the quickest fighters on the ''Round 2'' roster, as well as on of the strongest.

Has a [[{{Characters}}/Ready2RumbleBoxing character sheet]] under construction.